Arms & Equipage Needed to Supply the Militia
Document 1794Clement Biddle, the Quartermaster General of Pennsylvania, asks Hamilton to order Samuel Hodgdon to provide the arms and camp equipage Biddle needs to equip the militia that it is about to set out for Reading and Harrisburgh. [Whiskey Rebellion]
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[transparent in whiskey Insort^]
p161. Sir
Philad Sept 24. 1794
Having been much delay'd in Waggons for forwarding for sending on the Arms and Camp Equipage to the different places appointed for assembling the Militia of this State but a small proportion of the necessary Supplies have gone forward and I expect that the men are [assembled] in most of the Counties — This day several Waggons which I had sent for the Counties for the purpose, have arrived in town and more are hourly expected, but on my application to Coll Maddon to furnish the Arms and Camp Equipage he sent me word that he could not issue any until he had first by, your orders fully compleated the Supplies for Virginia — I shall be much em-barrased if I should not receive the Stores and shall be prevented from setting off tomorrow as I intended for Reading and Harrisburgh which makes me think it necessary to submit the matter to you and wait your orders thereon — I have the Honor to be with the greatest respect
Your obedient Servant
Clement B. ddle
[undecipherable] Bourne
Alexander Hamilton Esq
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Clement Biddle, the Quartermaster General of Pennsylvania, asks Hamilton to order Samuel Hodgdon to provide the arms and camp equipage Biddle needs to equip the militia that it is about to set out for Reading and Harrisburgh. [Whiskey Rebellion]
Date
09/24/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794092440001
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Clement Biddle
militia of this state
Colonel [Samuel] Hodgdon
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Reading
Harrisburgh
Virginia
counties
Pennsylvania
western counties of Pennsylvania
Notable items
wagons
arms and camp equipage
necessary supplies for Virginia
stores
Whiskey Rebellion
insurrection
stores
wagons

